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NEW YEAR’S EVE BAD MOVIE: NEW YEAR’S EVIL (1980)

Posted in Bad and weird movies, tagged , , , , , , , on December 31, 2011 | 9 Comments »

The best thing about these seasonal bad movie reviews of mine is the fact that they save a lot of time by being appropriate AND already done. From 2010 it’s a repost of my review of the laughably bad holiday horror film New Year’s Evil. NEW YEAR’S EVIL (1980) – Category:  Enjoyably campy bad movie  elevated by [...]

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COOL FOOTBALL HELMET: ST AMBROSE UNIVERSITY FIGHTING BEES

Posted in Cool Helmets, tagged , , , , on December 31, 2011 | 9 Comments »

 Location: Davenport, IA Site: http://web.sau.edu/athletics/  Comment: It’s no secret here at Balladeer’s Blog that I love the name Fighting Bees. I also love that incredibly cool helmet logo that St Ambrose has. This NAIA college team just needs to

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HOLIDAY SEASON BAD MOVIE DOUBLE FEATURE

Posted in Bad and weird movies, tagged , , , , , , , on December 30, 2011 | 27 Comments »

As the Christmas holiday season for 2011 rapidly nears its close, here’s Balladeer’s Blog’s repost of my two annual Christmas turkeys, The Christmas Martian followed by Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny.  THE CHRISTMAS MARTIAN (1971) – Category: A neglected bad movie classic that deserves a Plan 9-sized cult following.    Santa Claus Conquers The Martians gets all the attention, but [...]

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THE 8 COOLEST NAMED COLLEGE SPORTS TEAMS FROM ALL-FEMALE INSTITUTIONS

Posted in Cool names and cool logos, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on December 29, 2011 | 6 Comments »

Balladeer’s Blog is always on top of the whole cool-named college sports teams situation. In the tradition of my previous lists of cool-named teams in various divisions of college sports comes this latest effort. This list will showcase the 8 Coolest Named College Sports Teams From All-Female Institutions. The list is in alphabetical order.  AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE [...]

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ANCIENT GREEK COMEDIES: DIONYSALEXANDROS (C: 430′s BCE)

Posted in Ancient Greek Comedy, tagged , , , , , , , on December 28, 2011 | 26 Comments »

For this 5th installment of my posts on Ancient Greek Comedies I’ll examine Dionysalexandros by Cratinus. For my post providing background info on ancient Greek comedies click here: http://glitternight.com/2011/09/22/at-long-last-my-ancient-greek-comedy-posts-begin/ Cratinus was one of the Big 3 in Attic Old Comedy along with Aristophanes and Eupolis, both of whom were much younger than he was. I chose Dionysalexandros [...]

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BALLADEER’S BOWL II – THE NAIA CHAMPS VS THE NCAA D3 CHAMPS

Posted in college football, tagged , , , , , , , , on December 27, 2011 | 8 Comments »

 It’s time for the 2nd edition of Balladeer’s Bowl, the annual event where I pit the NAIA college football champs against the champs from NCAA Division 3. The outcome is decided by votes from you readers. This year the NAIA is represented by the pride of Rich Koz-land AKA Chicago, IL, the St Xavier University Cougars (helmet at left). [...]

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CHRISTMAS CAROL-A-THON 2011: THE FRENCH TV VERSION (1984)

Posted in A CHRISTMAS CAROL, tagged , , , , , , , , , on December 25, 2011 | 12 Comments »

Christmas-Carol- A-Thon 2011 comes to a close with one of the most visually enticing versions ever made. Unfortunately, it’s also virtually impossible to obtain for people who lack the nearly psychotic drive necessary to track these things down. TF1 Television in France first aired this version of A Christmas Carol, which could be described as a [...]

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RANDY CLOWER: BALLADEER’S BLOG INTERVIEWS A MOVIE HOST LEGEND

Posted in Movie Hosts, tagged , , , , , , , , , on December 22, 2011 | 38 Comments »

The Texas 27 Film Vault is one of the great unsung Movie Host shows of the 1980′s and I was thrilled to get this exclusive interview with Randy Clower, co-star and co-creator of this legendary cult show from the Dallas/ Fort Worth area. “The Film Vault Guys” as they were often called by their fans, or [...]

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WAITING FOR THE END OF THE WORLD

Posted in End of the World Myths, tagged , , , , , , on December 21, 2011 | 21 Comments »

According to the type of conspiracy kooks who think we never landed on the moon and that the 9-11 attacks were staged by the U.S. government the world has only one year to live. December 21st, 2012 is the latest date for the supposed “end of the world” and this type of irrational mania hasn’t [...]

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NAIA COLLEGE BASKETBALL: COOL NAMES; CURRENT RANKINGS

Posted in College Basketball, tagged , , , , on December 21, 2011 | 14 Comments »

 With the college football season over with in the divisions covered by Balladeer’s Blog it’s time to get caught up on basketball. For this first light-hearted dive into the 2011- 2012 basketball season I’ll cover the cool-named teams in the rankings and

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